Strong's G4459 πῶς (pos)

and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but thou, because thou art his wife—how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?

And he asked them, How are ye? and he said to them, Is your father, the old man of whom ye spoke, well? Does he yet live?

If we brought back to thee out of the land of Canaan the money which we found in our sacks, how should we steal silver or gold out of the house of thy lord?

For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befall my father.

And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel hearkened not to me, and how shall Pharaoh hearken to me? and I am not eloquent.

And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am not able in speech, and how shall Pharaoh hearken to me?

And how shall it be surely known, that both I and this people have found favor with thee, except only if thou go with us? So both I and thy people shall be glorified beyond all the nations, as many as are upon the earth.

How shall I alone be able to bear your labor, and your burden, and your gainsayings?

For the Lord our God has blessed thee in every work of thy hands. Consider how thou wentest through that great and terrible wilderness: behold, the Lord thy God has been with thee forty years; thou didst not lack anything.

But if thou shouldest say in thy heart, This nation is greater than I, how shall I be able to destroy them utterly?

take heed to thyself that thou seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before thee, saying, How do these nations act toward their gods? I will do likewise.

But if thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?

how he withstood thee in the way, and harassed thy rear, even those that were weary behind thee, and thou didst hunger and wast weary; and he did not fear God.

In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were evening! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart with which thou shalt fear, and for the sights of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?

How should one pursue a thousand, And two rout tens of thousands, If God had not sold them, And the Lord delivered them up?

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

And Delilah said to Samson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein is thy great strength.

And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been told me how thou hast dealt with thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband; and how thou didst leave thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and camest to a people whom thou knewest not before.

And she said, Sit still, my daughter, until thou shalt know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest until the matter be accomplished this day.

And Samuel said, How can I go? whereas Saul will hear of it, and slay me: and the Lord said, Take a heifer in thy hand and thou shalt say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

And the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judea; and how shall it be if we go to Keilah? shall we go after the spoils of the Philistines?

And David said to the young man who brought him the tidings, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

And David said to him, How was it thou wast not afraid to lift thy hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?

Set up a pillar, O Israel, for the slain that died upon thy high places: How are the mighty fallen!

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, even the slain ones upon thy high places!

How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!

And Abner said yet again to Asahel, Stand aloof from me, lest I smite thee to the ground? and how should I lift up my face to Joab?

And David feared the Lord in that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come in to me?

And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah dwell in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; and shall I go into my house to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? how should I do this? as thy soul lives, I will not do this thing.

And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive we spoke to him, and he hearkened not to our voice; and how should we tell him that the child is dead?—so would he do himself harm.

The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will ye strengthen the fear of the anointed?

And the king referred the matter to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do ye advise that I should answer this people?

And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, and let us go through the land, and to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, if by any means we may find grass, and may save the horses and mules, and so they will not perish from the tents.

And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.

And the servant of Elisha rose up early and went out; and, behold, a host compassed the city, and horses and chariots: and the servant said to him, O master, what shall we do?

And they feared greatly, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: and how shall we stand?

And they brought one of the priests whom they had removed from Samaria, and he settled in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one petty governor from among the least of my lord’s servants? whereas thou trustest for thyself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

Peradventure the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God and to revile him with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: and thou shalt offer thy prayer for the remnant that is found.

And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God in to myself?

And King Rehoboam assembled the elders that stood before his father Solomon in his lifetime, saying, How do ye counsel me to return an answer to this people?

Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred?

And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be done for thee?

showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;

I know of a truth that it is so: For how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?

But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, And open his lips with thee!

If by any means he would fill his belly, Let God send upon him the fury of wrath; Let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

How then do ye comfort me in vain? Whereas I have no rest from your molestation.

For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? Or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

For how sayest thou, I am righteous, yet he has not hearkened to me? For he that is above mortals is eternal.

And they said, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

How have they become desolate! Suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.

How should we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?

But the ways of the ungodly are dark; They know not how they stumble.

And thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart avoided reproofs!

Hell and destruction are manifest to the Lord; How shall not also be the hearts of men?

How then can a mortal understand his ways?

For there is no remembrance of the wise man With the fool forever; Forasmuch as now in the coming days All things are forgotten: And how shall the wise man die with the fool?

Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: But how shall one be warmed alone?

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?

How has the faithful city Zion, once full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do ye contend against the Lord?

And thou shalt take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!

How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! He that sent orders to all the nations is crushed to the earth.

And the princes of Tanis shall be fools: as for the king’s wise counselors, their counsel shall be turned into folly: how will ye say to the king, We are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?

And they that dwell in this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be saved?

And how can ye then turn to the face of the satraps? They that trust on the Egyptians for horse and rider are our servants.

For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely inquire how he shall set up his image, and that so that it should not be moved.

Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!

How wilt thou say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? behold thy ways in the burial ground, and know what thou hast done: her voice has howled in the evening:

How will ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen.

For a voice of lamentation has been heard in Zion, How are we become wretched! we are greatly ashamed, for we have forsaken the land, and have abandoned our tabernacles!

Thy feet run, and they cause thee to faint; how wilt thou prepare to ride upon horses? and thou hast been confident in the land of thy peace? how wilt thou do in the roaring of Jordan?

How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

And Babylon is fallen suddenly, and is broken to pieces: lament for her; take balm for her deadly wound, if by any means she may be healed.

How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

How shall it be quiet, whereas the Lord has given it a commission against Ashkelon, and against the regions on the seacoast, to awake against the remaining countries!

How has she not left my city, they have loved the village?

How will ye say, We are strong, and men strong for war?

Shake the head at him, all ye that are round about him; all of you utter his name; say ye, How is the glorious staff broken to pieces, the rod of magnificence!

How has he changed! how has Moab turned his back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughingstock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.

How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! She is become as a widow: She that was magnified among the nations, And princess among the provinces, Has become tributary.

How has the Lord darkened in his wrath The daughter of Zion! He has cast down the glory of Israel From heaven to earth, And has not remembered his footstool.

How will the gold be tarnished, And the fine silver changed! The sacred stones have been poured forth At the top of all the streets.

The precious sons of Zion, Who were equaled in value with gold, How are they counted as earthen vessels, The works of the hands of the potter!

And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and shall say to thee, How art thou destroyed from out of the sea, the renowned city, that brought her terror upon all her inhabitants.

And thou, son of man, say to the house of Israel; Thus have ye spoken, saying, Our errors, and our iniquities weigh upon us, and we pine away in them, and how then shall we live?

And how shall thy servant be able, O my lord, to speak with this my lord? and as for me, from henceforth strength will not remain in me, and there is no breath left in me.

How has Esau been searched out, and how have his hidden things been detected?

This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any to be after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! everyone that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands.

Who is there of you that saw this house in her former glory? and how do ye now look upon it, as it were nothing before your eyes?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.